By Zuko Komisa
It was a jovial weekend at former president Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead as he danced with his family, enjoyed a fireworks display, and celebrated his freedom.
After the 15-month term for contempt of court expired, his daughter Duduzile Sambudla-Zuma uploaded videos of him over the weekend.
The former president was sentenced because he disobeyed the Constitutional Court’s order requiring him to show up before the committee looking into state capture.
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Videos of the weekend’s celebrations have been doing the rounds on social media.
WATCH THE CELEBRATION HERE:
📍KwaDakwaDunuse… pic.twitter.com/eHdVbquhz7
— Dudu Zuma-Sambudla (@DZumaSambudla) October 7, 2022
I listened to ANC Chairperson Gwede Mantashe, yesterday.
— People Shall Govern Ngenkani!!! (@IndWorldThinker) October 8, 2022
And I listened to ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa today.
They confirmed one thing so far that:
ZUMA IS FEARED ✅✅✅
The Question is: Why President Zuma @PresJGZuma is so FEARED in politics???
The grass will speak⬛🟩🟨 pic.twitter.com/hnukG1bQo8
The enemy wanted to BREAK uSondo-nzima President Zuma @PresJGZuma.
— People Shall Govern Ngenkani!!! (@IndWorldThinker) October 7, 2022
But it failed dismally 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/9BRk4NAbMQ
He released a statement when his jail term expired saying he was very disappointed at the justice system and how he was imprisoned without a trial.
“It is a day of mixed emotions. I am relieved to be free again to walk around and do whatever I want to do without restrictions and having to seek permission, in the same manner that I felt in 1973 when I was released from Robben Island.
“Only this time, I am also filled with sadness. It was the first time ever that the Constitutional Court sentenced any person to a term of imprisonment and without even the benefit of a trial. I never expected this to happen during the freedom and democracy we fought so hard to attain,” he said in a statement.
Statement By President Jacob Zuma On The Conclusion Of His Sentence pic.twitter.com/XC5gKk71Hv
— Dudu Zuma-Sambudla (@DZumaSambudla) October 7, 2022
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